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JERRY FUSSELMAN, OF HUNTINGTON, INDIANA.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 695,101, dated March 11, 1902.

Application filed October 7,1901. Serial No. 77,889, (No od l.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JERRY FUSSELMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Huntington, in the county of Huntington and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Gate, of which the following is aspecification.

The invention relates to improvements in gates.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of gates and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient one of great strength and durability, capable of swinging in either direction, and adapted to be elevated to enable it to swing clear of snowdrifts and other obstructions, and also to afford a passage-Way for small animals in separating the same from larger animals.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement. of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of agate constructed in accordance with this invention and shown closed. Fig. 2 is an elevation, the gate being raised. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of a portion of the upright rod of the gate and the adjustable block or nut-for engaging the hanger or swinging frame.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the draw ings.

1 designates a swinging frame or hanger composed of a vertical bar 2, a slightly-inclined rod 3, and a brace 4, extending from the lower portion of the bar and supporting the outer end of the rod 3, which extends outward from the upper portion of the bar 2. The bar 2 is provided atits ends with pintles 5, which are arranged in suitable eyes or bearings of a hinge-post 6; but the swinging frame, which carries a gate 7, may be mounted in any other suitable manner. The outer portion of the rod 3 is enlarged to providea support 8fora block or nut 9, which is adjustably connected With the gate. The gate, which is preferably constructed of horizontal rails and vertical connecting-bars, is provided at its center with a vertical rod 10, having its ends angularly bent and enlarged, as shown. The

vertical bars of the gate are preferably aring it.

ranged at the centerof the same and at points adjacent to the ends of the horizontal rails, and the vertical rod of the gate has its ends perforated for the reception of bolts for seouring it to the central vertical bar.

The rod 10 is provided at intervals with threaded portions 11 and intermediate smooth portions which are of less diameter than the threaded portions to enable the nut or block 9 to slide readily over them to carry the said nut or block from one threaded portion to another to raise or lower the gate. The nut or block is interiorly threaded to engage the threaded portions of the rod 10, and it has an inclined angularly-disposed lower supporting-face 12, arranged to engage and rest upon an enlarged supporting portion 8 of the rod 3. The outer enlarged end or supporting portion 8 of the rod 3 is provided with an inclined upper face to fit the lower face of the block or nut, which binds against the support 8 of the swinging frame or hanger and is thereby prevented from accidentally rotating or unscrewing when the gate is turned in opening and closing it. The upright rod 10 forms a central pintle for the gate, and when the latter is partially opened to carry its outer or front end clear of a latch-post 13 the gate may be swung on the pintle-rod 10 to facilitate open- The frictional engagement between the nut and the swinging frame prevents the nut from accidentally shifting its position and becoming disengaged from a threaded portion of the rod 10 by this movement of the gate. The rod is provided near its upper end with a transverse pin 14:, arranged to limit the downward movement of the gate and adapted to support the same. If desired, the threaded portions of the rod may be omitted, and any other suitable means may be employed for securing the block or nut at the desired adjustment on the rod.

The latch-post 13 and the vertical bar 2 of the swinging frame or hanger are provided at opposite sides with keepers 15 and 16, adapted to be engaged by the ends of the horizontal rails, whereby the gate is locked in its closed position and is supported and prevented from sagging. The gate is adapted to be elevated, as illustrated in Fig. 2, to form a passage-way for small animals to enable the same to be separated from larger animals and also to permit the gate to swing clear of snowdrifts or other obstructions. Any number of threaded portions may be formed on the rod to secure the necessary or desired adj ustment of the gate.

It will be seen that the gate is exceedingly simple and inexpensive in construction, that it possesses great strength and durability, and that it is easily opened in either direction and may be readily elevated the desired distance to provide a passage-way for small animals and to clear obstructions.

The gate may, if desired, be locked in engagement with the keepers of the latch-post and the swinging frame or hanger by means of pins passed through perforations of the said parts; but any other means may be employed for preventing hogs or other animals from opening the gate.

WVhat I claim is 1. The combination of a swinging frame or hanger, a gate having a vertical rod hinging the gate to the frame or hanger and provided with screw-threads, and an adjustable block engaging the screw-threads of the rod and provided with an inclined or angularly-disposed face engaging the swinging frame or hanger whereby the block is prevented from turning, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a swinging frame or hanger, a gate having a rod hinging the gate to the frame or hanger and provided with screw-threads, and a block or nut threaded to engage the rod and provided at its lower face with means for engaging the swinging frame or hanger, whereby it is prevented from accidentally unscrewing, substantially as described.

3. The combination of a swinging frame or hanger, a gate having a rod hinging the gate to the frame or hanger and provided at intervals with threaded portions, and a nut engaging the threaded portions of the rod and provided with an inclined face frictionally engaging the swinging frame or hanger, whereby it is prevented from accidentally rotating, substantially as and for the purpose described.

4. The combination of a swinging frame or hanger provided with a rod having an enlarged outer end arranged at an inclination and forming a support, a gate having a rod hinging the gate to the frame or hanger and provided at intervals with threaded portions, and a nut arranged on the rod for engaging the threaded portions thereof and provided with an inclined lower face frictionally engaging the outer end of the rod of the hanger, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JERRY FUSSELMAN.

Witnesses:

O. H. BLANToN, J. W. BRYANT. 

